Nayantara credits Nandi Award to Balakrishna

Actress Nayantara's performance in Sri Rama Rajyam has already impressed both viewers and film critics. She has even bagged several awards for it. The latest honour that is coming her way is none other than the prestigious Best Actress Nandi Awards 2011 and she has credited it to superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Nayantara is all excited over this prestigious honour from the Nandi Awards. In a press statement to Oneindia. The actress says, "I'm really happy that I have got Nandi Award, which is the most prestigious award, when it comes to Telugu cinema. I'm grateful to god for giving me this opportunity to work in a film like Sri Rama Rajyam. I would like to thank Balakrishna sir for convincing me to do the film, if not for him I wouldn't have done this."

Meanwhile, Nayantara also thanked director Bapu, producer Yalamanchali Sai Babu and other members from the film unit. She said, "I would like to thank Bapu sir and Sri Sai Babu sir for having so much faith in me that I would do justice to the role of Sita Devi. I would also like to thank Raju sir the cinematographer for presenting me so well on screen."

However, Nayantara has won several awards like Filmfare, Asianet, Vijay, CineMAA and SIIMA, but this is for the first time, she has won a Nandi Award, which has landed on cloud nine. The actress further says, "I think am really blessed to have worked in a film like Sri Rama Rajyam. It is one film which would always remain special to me and I would like to congratulate all the other winners too."